Biofuel- Biodiesel Feedstock

Refers to the starting products for biodiesel production. Examples of biodiesel feedstock are: Palm, Soybeans, Algae etc. from which oil can be derived which in turn is used to produce biodiesel.Links Biodiesel feedstock types – A variety of biolipids (Biolipds are lipids from biological sources. Lipids are a class of organic compounds essential for the structure and function of living cells, fats are a subset of lipids, belonging to a subcategory of lipids called triglycerides) can be used to produce biodiesel. The main plants whose oils have been considered as feedstock for bio-fuel are: soybean oil, rapeseed oil, palm oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil & jatropha oil. Others in the contention are mustard, hemp, castor oil, waste vegetable oil, and in some cases, even algae. There is ongoing research into finding more suitable crops and improving oil yield…Learn more>> oilgae.com

Recent scientific breakthroughs, funded by the Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), have resulted in a number of advancements that are helping to make algal biofuel more cost competitive and widely available. These include:

…More than 100,000 different species of plantlike organisms belong the algae family. They come in various forms and colors, from tiny protozoa floating in ponds to huge bunches of seaweed inhabiting the ocean. Leafy kelp, grassy moss and fungus growing on rocks are all forms of algae. You may even see algae in different colors such as red, green and brown. Algae are easy to grow and can be manipulated to produce huge amounts without disturbing any natural habitats or food sources. Algae are easy to please — all they need are water, sunlight and carbon dioxide….Learn more>> science.howstuffworks.com

Algae Biodiesel Engineering: Extracting Oil from Algae…Once the algae are harvested, the lipids, or oils, are extracted from the walls of the algae cells. There are a few different ways to extract the oil from algae. The oil press is the… Learn more>>science.howstuffworks.com

Growing Algae for Biodiesel Use

… The real question, and one which many companies all over the globe are trying to answer, is how can we produce enough to meet the demand for biodiesel?…Learn more>>

Advanced Biofuels AssociationAlgae as a feedstock is a prolific and efficient photosynthetic, single-celled plant—it turns sunlight and carbon dioxide into life. Algae are, in fact, the original source of the earth’s crude oil. Millions of years ago,…Learn more>>advancedbiofuelsassociation.com

Biodiesel from Olives, Olive Oil as Bio-diesel, Biofuel – Reference & ResourcesIt has been proven that Olive Oil can produce biodiesel, however, it is unlikely that this crop will be a sustainable candidate for biodiesel, given the opportunity costs of the use of its oil in other segments, and the cost. One interesting area has been the use of waste olive oil for Biodiesel production….Learn more>>oilgae.com

EU Biofuel Outlook Bad For Rapeseed, Less So WheatUse of rapeseed for making biofuels in the European Union is to stagnate at levels 20% below its high four years ago, but consumption of wheat, which has been replaced by corn, may revive thanks to lower prices….Learn more>>agrimoney.com

Unfortunately, a perfect storm of poor policy choices led soy biodiesel production to increase by 45 percent in 2013, which represents about 30 percent of the soybean oil produced in the U.S. Now the EPA has decided to take a breather for 2014 and 2015, which makes good sense.

Biodiesel is made from all sorts of different sources, ranging from…Learn more>>

Why The Interest In Sunflower Oil For Biodiesel?Sunflower is a high oil content seed and average yields can produce 600 pounds of oil per acre, considerably more than soybeans. There is a great deal of interest…Learn more>>sunflowernsa.com

Sunflower – Potential As A BiofuelSunflower is a crop that is adapted to both dryland and irrigated production.

Crop variety trials conducted since the early 1990s show dryland oil sunflower yields from 1,000-2,000 lb/ac and irrigated yields in excess of 3,000 lb/ac with oil content in seed as high as 47%. High yields have been obtained under…Learn more>> ext.colostate.edu

VEGETABLE OIL

Vegetable Oil is a feedstock like animal fat used to produce renewable or biodiesel fuel. Also with the use of waste vegetable oil (WVO) unlike all the other promising feedstocks for biomass energy, vegetable oil does use food crops, but only ones which were turned into vegetable oils, used, and discarded as no longer suitable for human consumption. Many fast food restaurants go through hundreds of gallons of vegetable oil each week, and this oil is simply thrown out into the trash. It can be filtered and then modified to make renewable diesel or biodiesel.advancedbiofuelsassociation.com

…RPM Sustainable Technologies of Storrs, Conn., is introducing a new process to convert brown grease into biodiesel fuel. A co-byproduct, glycerol, could have even more lucrative applications as a building block for high-end chemicals and other products….Learn more>>

Yellow Grease Biodiesel: A Clean, Renewable Fuel AlternativeA Patchwork of Biofuels-By Lawrence Ulrich, Published in the New York Times

…With diesel engines and their ultra-low-sulfur fuel now green enough even to meet California rules, one remaining environmental objection is that the fuel still starts from a barrel of nonrenewable petroleum. A possible next step is renewable biodiesel made from feedstocks including soybean oil, animal fats and even recycled fry oil. But some diesel-car… Learn more>>